Fantasy portrait of one of my all time favorite fantasy artists maria j william One look at marias art and you can see why i love her art so much, it'sbeautiful,inspirational and creative plus she works with pencilswhich i love

I was so happy when maria gave me the green light to use oneof her beautiful personal photos to draw her,i always wanted todraw a geisha and i loved marias asian make-up and dress in her photo and i had inspiration and ideas right away what to doespecially with the background .

I have been working on this portrait for weeks between moving and just late last night finished the background and butterflies

This is very pretty! You've done a great job at getting the texture and shading just right for the clothing, and the butterflies are quite pretty! You can tell that it's Maria too! Keep up the beautiful work!